Man Who Buys A Dresser For $100 Finds A Secret Drawer With Something Astonishing Inside
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
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While everyone would love to make some decent cash from their used valuables, it’s often more convenient to just give them away. That’s part of the reason why garage sales and yard sales are such great places to find decent items at bargain prices.
It often works in a similar way for estate sales. The biggest difference, of course, is that instead of selling their own stuff, folks will sell things that belonged to their relatives who have recently passed away. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), that means that families may not know how much their loved ones’ things may have actually been worth.
That’s what turned out to be the case when Emil Knodell visited an estate sale in Missouri City, Texas-and picked up an item that contained a secret treasure…
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I'm so glad he returned the items. If that had been my family's heritage, I would have been so sad to have lost those keepsakes. Thank him for having integrity.
That's integrity. Something you don't see very often. I think the owners should have rewarded him "something" for being so honest. Shows where their hearts were.
Thanks for being such a nice, honest, decent person. Our world today has few people who would be as kind as you were and I'm sure you will be blessed for your honesty.
I was so freaked that he might give it back to the auctioneers, they sell as is, after all. But returning the items to the family, that's just cool.
true hero and a good honest man with morals,so sweet to see, very impressed it made my day
That is awesome! I hope the family was grateful and not greedy.
Do the right thing? They sold it, as is. The right thing is to do what you want with what you bought. And yes, you did buy the stuff in the chest. So it is yours. You can give it back if you feel bad, but it is not "legally theirs" means everyone knows it is "yours" once sold to you. Do the right thing? No. Do the "classy" or "friendly" or "generous" thing. The right thing would have been to profit from your good luck and keen eye.
So this dresser was moved out of the house. All the way to the lawn and no one noticed all that crap moving around in it 😒
Exactly my sentiment
Leggs It was entirely possible the sale of the item took place in the house and the first time it was moved was when it was sold.
Thats what I thought.
TY that was the first thing I thought.
Leggs haha
Morals and the Sense of What is Right - Is always in fashion. It lives in people like Emil Knodell. May his tribe increase.
The items have sentimental values to the family. Thanks for returning them. The buyer did the right thing. God bless.
I respect that man, he is truly respectful
What's astonishing is not what was found as much as Emile's honesty...good call!
I love that in this day and age people still have morals. What a wonderful and wise thing for this man to have done! Many blessings to him!
It's not "morals" - he is a complete DUMB ASS
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What "wise and wonderful thing" is it to legally purchase something At Auction and then return contents that he was lucky enough to become the Legal Recipient of?? Besides, the original "owner", probably family of a deceased uncle or something DIDNT HAVE ANY INTEREST IN UNCLE JOE's STUFF OTHER THAN TO SELL IT ANYWAY. So it's "moral" to return something to someone WHO DIDNT OWN IT ANYMORE under the guise of Doing The Right Thing?? You're not thinking very clearly.
And besides, this is EXACTLY why people go to ESTATE AUCTIONS!!! For the VERY PURPOSE of coming upon an "Estate Auction Find"!!! There are TV shows made all about this subject you twerp. It's the WHOLE REASON THAT INDUSTRY EXISTS YOU DUMMY!!!
he wouldnt have been wrong to keep it, he was very kind to return the family's hidden keep sakes.
He was meant to buy that set of drawers so he could find and return the items. Good guy
Its so good to hear stories like this,and that somewhere out there still exist honest people. ❤
Anyone else think the music is very annoying! Otherwise nice video ;)
The annoying part is not always the music itself, but the fact that most background music is too loud, period!
He did the Right thing...I would have done so myself. I once found a Wallet at a Target store with twenty $100 bills and after thinking about it at the Fountain Drink section decided to give it to the Manager who it actually belonged to and he gave me $10 for my honesty.
Oh. He is so good and gentle person.
At least, this man has a good heart. Honestly, this is very tempting, I will keep the treasure if I am in that position. But i admire this kindness. He is a noble guy
So glad there are still honest men around
It's nice to know there are still a few good people left in this world.
A remarkable story . I do not think there are many people out there who would have been so honest to return those items !
This story is such a bunch of crap. There's no way that people moved this thing around and didn't hear all that stuff rattling around.
He's talking about the original owners of the dresser. Although I guess it's possible they never moved the thing from where it was sitting in the house to begin with, however, the sellers should have been present when it was moved out of the house after the sale. The sellers would still have a claim on the contents if the dresser had not yet left the home.
The mover didn't care if there was something inside or not
I know and then gives it back. They didn't want nothing to do with it to begin with. Screw that! I ain't that ethical. I need the money!! It's not like he stole it so why is ethics even brought up. Their family just became part of mine!!
@@cunard61 they didn't know about it so why say anything. Pay for the dresser, put it on your truck and roll out.
One in a million person !! Cant be more than 330 in the whole USA.Good job Sir. I admire you.
I think it was awsome of him to return that family stuff he didnt have to but did the right thihg!
Good on him for giving back to the family amazing how you can hide such secrets for so many years 👍🏽
Awesome story, so nice , God Bless the dear man who purchased the dresser
really pleased he did the right thing.
Awesome to know there are still good human beings out there . He can sleep well with a clear Conscience
He made the right decision. 👏👏👏
Good man we need more people like this Gentleman
Omg I hope they cut him in on $$$$$. That was very kind of him. Many others would have said snooze you lose. He will get blessing for this 😃
Love you kind honest person
Good for him not very many people would have done that it's the small things
He "remembered seeing the dresser at his grandparents Michigan home"...
But it made it all the way to Missouri & through an estate sale with all that undiscovered bounty?
Shenanigans!
Wow he is so nice to give the valuables back to the owners
Great find and well done for given it back to its owner so humble thumbs up my friend
what an amazing man to give it all back!
Should of kept it since the owner is selling all of his relatives stuff anyways he's just gonna sell that to.
my mom once bought a dresser from a yard sale and a year later, I found a secret drawer! It was sort of outlined, but painted over, meaning it was meant to be secret, so my dad cot it open, and there was an astonishing 2000 dollars, and at least 30 different keys! XD
looks just like my dresser! though i know about the secret drawer lol
Video starts at 2:40. (2:40! That's a lot of intro)
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So, why didn't it make rattling noise when moved?
Very wholesome man
they say one mans trash is another mans treasure
I can’t stop watching these videos
I believed this story until Emil was quoted as saying "I'm an old EX-marine." Marines are always marines, they do not refer to themselves as "EX"!
Likely he didn't say it exactly that way. Others may not know that Marines feel differently about that.
Valerie Foster not
If they choose disconnect themselves from their past. I know one EX marine who despises his past and never tells people that he was once a marine. It's not an impossibility.
Your right. It’s called a veteran
You are stupid(LOL they do LOL)
Valerie Foster is the guy on the videos saying old ex marine. Doesn't mean he use the some words.
I once bought an old 1930s photo of a man. When I took out the back panel to clean the glass on the front, a bunch of Prisoner of War letters came spilling out. The guy in the picture was an American Wake Island POW in a Japanese camp that died from cruel and inhumane treatment in a Shangai prisoner camp. Still trying to track down his next of kin, but I think they are all dead. I did a video about it hoping to have someone help me find his family members. Maybe one day I will be able to reunite these old letters with someone that is related to him...
Good man! Golden rule. Not common at all these days! Its like we should give these type of people some kind of humanitarian award! Right! :)
i found a secret compartment in a house and im still here heeeeellllllllpppppp
5:58
It was at an estate sale.
The family obviously didn't give a Danm about that dresser so they sold it.
THE ONLY REASON they would care about it is if they could get more cash out of selling it.
So if I buy an old dresser at an estate sale and it has several items belonging to a Civil War Veteran I would for Danm sure keep it!
There's nothing unethical about keeping the items found in the hidden drawer. Clearly, the grandson could care less about any of his grandparents items if he sold them all at auction. You just allowed him to sell even more items. I would've kept it all.
MATERIAL THINGS HAVE A PRICE! WHAT YOU DID IS PRICELESS😊
Why didn’t anyone notice this when they moved the dresser, maybe like hearing a clinking noise or things sliding around? Regardless it was nice of the man to be honest and give the contents back to the family member.
The buyer of an item owns everything that comes with it. Its not a matter of what seems right; that's the law.
"Never feel right about keeping 15,000$ " ya my fucking ass I would sleep like a baby with my 15,000$ lol
Manny Gutierrez all that crap was worth 15k... different story cause its a bunch of trinkets that add up to 15k... not exactly worth the trouble or time trying to find buyers that would pay the worth of thee item... can you imagine the time cleaning all the stuff and taking pics of each item, posting on multiple sites, holding out for the best "buyer"! In the grand scheme of things, the guy probably didn't think all that trouble was worth it?...
mach-a-chine seahawksgoonie bro have you heard of a pawn shop they have a couple shows on tv bout them maybe you should check them out
Super Lozer 😒... they give you 10 to 30 percent of their actual worth. Still not worth it... not all pawn shops are interested in shit they think is garbage or believe the item is gonna be too hard to sell. Most pawn shops make their money off of everyday items like electronics and rings ect. ect. ✌
What ...
Sleep like a baby on my new bed !!! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
When you buy an item any thing in it is yours.
Complete BS! When moving this dresser I'm sure someone would have noticed something moving inside. Especially that much stuff, then turn it in. Ya right!
exactly what i thought..
Hired movers weren't told that the dresser was empty or had contents. They were simply hired to move it from point A to point B.
I believe my thoughts that Emil you did the right thing God bless you....
Anything in a secret drawer is staying a secret.
That was very cool to return the items to the family it belonged too. They should have let the guy keep an item from the treasure.
Semper Fi Emil, my kind of man, my kind of Marine for life! Once a Marine always a Marine.
That was awesome that he had given the stuff back. You don't want the spirt of who ever owned this stuff haunting you lol
This guy is an expert at saying the same stuff over and over to lengthen his video. Unsubscribing
You already had? Wow
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Just like it lengthens my penis
Guywithcrazyideas there would be no point to lengthen his vids unless to get ads which he doesn't have.
Guywithcrazyideas all of us writing essays
Emil
Not an Ex-Marine
You are a Marine for life
Literally just said the same thing for 4 minutes....
You know what's sad? The grandchild probably sold all the stuff, threw away the old documents, not caring about family heirlooms... I see too much of this stuff...
Bonnie Currie, there are a lots of people like that, anything old is just old and not fashionable to them, they all want modern empty furniture make with plywood and particles board, very sad. American history and past were being systematically erase by these that suppose to continue to cherish it, what a waste.
..or they just want something worth their time that is relevant and could actually help them instead of just sitting there collecting dust?
Such unthinking creatures deserve to get screwed to the wall. I only hope they learn how stupid they were and it eats at them the rest of eternity.
No-one in his right mind would throw away ancient documents. You could sell those, too.
Why assume such a thing. Why not assume the family kept heirlooms and part of their history for their kids to pass down. I grow tired of this trend where people assume everybody is an asshole. Most people are actually NOT dumb uncaring assholes. Stop making cruel uninformed comments.
Sometimes buying an old stuff might come with free gift - a soul .
Haha
What a good man
Ex-Marine??? No such thing. So much for accurate information.
Righto! Once a Marine, ALWAYS a Marine!!
What a good and decent man! But they should've offered half to him at least.
Bee Snort Most of the Items probably held sentimental value to the owners, I would of offered him money instead.
How many times have we seen good and decent people get stiffed??? Just saying, think again, cause when you get stuff to the owners, they end up being greedy bastards and notgiving a shit!
I have a nearly identical dresser and washstand. (The carvings are different, but nothing else.) The dresser has the same "secret" drawer. We never stored valuables in it though :-)
I bought a box of books at an estate sale for $180. I purchased it because I saw that there was a first edition copy of the Fountainhead on top of the box. I hadn't dug into the box, I had spotted it just minutes before it was put up for auction. Anyways, I later found a first edition copy of The Grapes Of Wrath near the bottom of the box, and another $300 worth of first or limited edition books. I later sold the GOW for $2000. I never considered for one second finding the family of the prior owner. Did they refund any money to the people who got auction fever and overpaid for figurines?
🎉 Good Job!! You have a heart and conscience!! Not everyone has that!! Plus, that's the only fair thing to do since this person was obviously concerned about security!! 😊 The deal on the dresser was enough!!
That was just plain stupid of him. He bought it fair and square, they missed the value of it many times over- I'm sure, it was legally his. He let himself believe it was wrong, or a friend or family member did, that sabotaged his true value with that purchase.
If it had been me, I would have kept it and made sure it turned into the rare find it was!!! My two cents.
Dominic Casey it probably wasn't in the inheritance or it wouldn't be hidden so I don't think anyone gets it in that case.
Amazing old histories
Emil is a damned fool. He bought the dresser "as is" including all the dust, scratches, stains, and whatever might be inside.
I would like to know what sound of music is that
What a decent genuine guy. Not like most greedy arseholes. Worked and saved his money to buy this watch. He very much deserves that money.
That stamp has to be from 1970. Women suffrage was in 1920. The stamp indicates the 50th anniversary, you figure it out
3:54 That's a G.A.R. medal. (Grand Army Of The Republic) They were an organization for Union veterans of the Civil War.
The man was kind
The guy is so nice
he made a good choice
Why did you drag the story out for so long?
Nice 2 know that there truly are sum good people still left in this crazy world we live in 🙂
my two greatest garage sale finds are a bundle of greenlee electricians tools I bought for $120 turned out to be worth over $4000...and vintage Polk Audio massive tower speakers for $10 that to buy an equal quality speaker today would cost over $1500. I fucking love garage sales!
So dude returned the 'items' to the grandkids, who sold them all individually and made even more $...
just an FYI estate sales generally take place at the persons house so furniture isn't moved. that's probably why it wasn't noticed till it was being loaded in the truck. just to those people that keep asking why no one else noticed.
Hopefully they gave him 50% finders reward..
At least one thing about it sounds right. A dealer would look at the stuff, tell you they're worth $15,000, Offer you $7000 saying they might never sell it at full price and then sell it all for $150,000.
I'm sorry he bought the dresser so he had no reason to return the things inside , and those items were meant to be for for him
Wow are you kidding me WTF , what a nice guy .Lol
I would have kept the medels
Sounds like an episode “WWYD,” What Would You Do?
Who wants to be Emile?
Good story! Good morals.
I'm sure they just sold all the stuff.
You can't be sure of anything.
Leggs or gave it back four legs
Leggs or put it on the museum
I Bet the good samaritan guy kept like half of it or like some really precious shit , gave the rest back so he can get famous for it
Leggs
What a great man
I would keep the thresher then sell the dresser and then sell the tresher and keep 90% of the cash and give the rest to charity
I checked the story. Alas, It is TRUE! However, since the dresser started out in Michigan and wound up in an Estate sale in Texas, everything is "sold as is"- that means he could have kept it without fear of reprecussions. The fact that the people doing the sale plus owners did not know or care about the rattling noise. Fact is if it was dolly carted to be set up for the sale, if the dolly squeeked you might not hear it rattling. The other fact that people these days work with headphones might also contribute to the factor. Next factor is I have a "sideboard" from the early 1800's. My sideboard has a tight drawer with a type of "grated" slots on the top where when you slide tge drawer, the content underneath does not shift. These grooves are very minute and nothing hangs on them. My father was an auctiineer and he told me what they werr called but I can not remember at this moment. This dresser might have had one of these type "anti-shift" features.
Hey leggs, you must not know how special military medals are! All that "crap" was hidden for a reason...obviously important to someone.